Anonymous ID: 83e03d Dec. 14, 2018, 9:43 p.m. No.4318232   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8246

BLACK EYE?

 

The loss of a classified, multi-billion-dollar government spy satellite is fast becoming a public BLACK EYE for private space transport and a whodunit mystery for industry watchers.

SpaceX said its Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, performed flawlessly. Northrop Grumman, the aerospace contractor that hired SpaceX to sling its "Zuma" satellite into orbit, says it's "classified." A government official says the mission is a "write-off."

 

In a statement Tuesday morning, SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwel said, "After review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night."